Visa for boyfriend

[Myroboticheart]

I am a Canadian citizen living outside of Canada for the last four years. Unfortunately, my son has some undiagnosed medical issues, and due to different standards of care where I live, I would like to take him to Canada to have him evaluated (out of pocket, obviously).

My son is three, and we have been living with my boyfriend for the past 2.5 years. My boyfriend is a Colombian and Venezuelan passport holder. I would REALLY like my boyfriend to be able to come to Canada with me for about a month.

Due to COVID, he is currently not employed and without savings. He has a car, and an adult daughter here, who also lives with us.

I'm not sure if there is a type of visa we can apply for right now, and how likely he would to get accepted. My family and I can cover all his costs while he is in Canada, and we would stay with my parents.

I believe I had seen there is some kind of tourist visa you can apply for for a boyfriend of over a year, but I am not sure if this is suspended, or if it applies to us because I am not resident in Canada.

Any Insight appreciated!

 

[scylla]

I am a Canadian citizen living outside of Canada for the last four years. Unfortunately, my son has some undiagnosed medical issues, and due to different standards of care where I live, I would like to take him to Canada to have him evaluated (out of pocket, obviously).

My son is three, and we have been living with my boyfriend for the past 2.5 years. My boyfriend is a Colombian and Venezuelan passport holder. I would REALLY like my boyfriend to be able to come to Canada with me for about a month.

Due to COVID, he is currently not employed and without savings. He has a car, and an adult daughter here, who also lives with us.

I'm not sure if there is a type of visa we can apply for right now, and how likely he would to get accepted. My family and I can cover all his costs while he is in Canada, and we would stay with my parents.

I believe I had seen there is some kind of tourist visa you can apply for for a boyfriend of over a year, but I am not sure if this is suspended, or if it applies to us because I am not resident in Canada.

Any Insight appreciated!

He requires a TRV to travel to Canada. That's the visa he needs to apply for. He will need to demonstrate ties to his home country / country of residency to be approved. Does he own property he can show? The fact he is unemployed may work against him.

Is he fully vaccinated for COVID using a vaccine that is recognized by Canada?

 

[Myroboticheart]

He requires a TRV to travel to Canada. That's the visa he needs to apply for. He will need to demonstrate ties to his home country / country of residency to be approved. Does he own property he can show? The fact he is unemployed may work against him.

Is he fully vaccinated for COVID using a vaccine that is recognized by Canada?

Thanks for your reply! He is still only partially vaccinated, but would have both before we could travel.

He does not own property; unfortunately I am the one that does - his only asset is a car.

He is doing contract work right now as an engineer, but it's temporary work, so I don't think that would be of much use as a tie. There might be a way he could register as an employee of his partner's company; that might be something to investigate.

I am feeling like it's not looking good

 

[scylla]

Thanks for your reply! He is still only partially vaccinated, but would have both before we could travel.

He does not own property; unfortunately I am the one that does - his only asset is a car.

He is doing contract work right now as an engineer, but it's temporary work, so I don't think that would be of much use as a tie. There might be a way he could register as an employee of his partner's company; that might be something to investigate.

I am feeling like it's not looking good

Unfortunately the car doesn't really count as an asset. IRCC is looking for property or something like that.

Give it a shot and apply. You never know, you might get lucky. (Note that processing times are quite long right now so you may want to apply pretty soon.)

It will strengthen the application if he has the funds to pay for his entire trip to Canada and doesn't need to rely on your parents.

Good luck and hope your little one gets better.

 

[canuck78]

I am a Canadian citizen living outside of Canada for the last four years. Unfortunately, my son has some undiagnosed medical issues, and due to different standards of care where I live, I would like to take him to Canada to have him evaluated (out of pocket, obviously).

My son is three, and we have been living with my boyfriend for the past 2.5 years. My boyfriend is a Colombian and Venezuelan passport holder. I would REALLY like my boyfriend to be able to come to Canada with me for about a month.

Due to COVID, he is currently not employed and without savings. He has a car, and an adult daughter here, who also lives with us.

I'm not sure if there is a type of visa we can apply for right now, and how likely he would to get accepted. My family and I can cover all his costs while he is in Canada, and we would stay with my parents.

I believe I had seen there is some kind of tourist visa you can apply for for a boyfriend of over a year, but I am not sure if this is suspended, or if it applies to us because I am not resident in Canada.

Any Insight appreciated!

Unfortunately your bf has quite a few red flags when it comes to his TRV application. Having a Venezuelan passport is the first issue. Due to the high level of asylum claims from Venezuelans it can be very hard to get a TRV. Not living in your home country makes it hard to get a TRV because it becomes hard to establish strong ties to your home country if you don’t live there. The fact that you are a Canadian citizen creates concerns that you and your bf will remain in Canada and not just visit which also creates issues. Has you bf been vaccinated with Pfizer, Moderna, astrazeneca or Johnson & Johnson? The other vaccines are not able to be used as proof of vaccination. That fact that he doesn’t have longterm full-time employment, no savings and no property also make approval difficult, Certainly no harm trying but would have realistic expectations that approval is likely going to be difficult,

In terms of medical care, if you and your child are not planning on returning to Canada long enough to qualify for healthcare (6-12 months dependening on the province) it may be very difficult to get into see specialist and get diagnostic testing. Those with provincial healthcare will always be prioritized and there are likely long wait times to get diagnostic testing and see specialists. I would make enquires at the doctors or hospitals you are seeing. Some will not accept patients without provincial healthcare because they have long wait lists for children with provincial health insurance. Would also add that coming to Canada to see specialists and get diagnostic testing will get very expensive pretty quickly. There are other countries where you can access testing and care more easily and for much less. If you have not been able to get a diagnosis in a private Colombian hospital then you are probably looking at many months just to get to see specialists and get referred for diagnostic testing.